{"id":95184,"date":"2019-11-13T17:42:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-14T00:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=95184"},"modified":"2019-11-13T17:42:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-14T00:42:22","slug":"citizenship-cancelled-once-renunciation-certificate-is-issued-us-embassy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2019\/11\/13\/citizenship-cancelled-once-renunciation-certificate-is-issued-us-embassy\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizenship cancelled once renunciation certificate is issued &#8211; US Embassy"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Ada Derana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The Embassy of the United States in Colombo said an individual is no longer considered a citizen of the US once he receives the certificate affirming the renunciation the citizenship while adding the such individual\u2019s name to the federal list is a separate process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The media spokesperson of the US Embassy Nancy VanHorn stated this during an exclusive interview with Indeewari Amuwatte from Ada Derana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0dc3\u0dc4\u0dad\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dba \u0daf\u0dd4\u0db1\u0dca \u0db4\u0dc3\u0dd4 \u0db4\u0dd4\u0dbb\u0dc0\u0dd0\u0dc3\u0dd2\u0db7\u0dcf\u0dc0\u0dba \u0d85\u0dc4\u0ddd\u0dc3\u0dd2 \u0dc0\u0db1\u0dc0\u0dcf - \u0d85\u0db8\u0dd9\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0d9a\u0dcf\u0dc0\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9jbPy2kCi58?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When asked about the prevailing concerns as to why former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa\u2019s name has not appeared on the federal list of the US citizens who have decided to renounce their citizenship, she said, under the US privacy laws, she is not allowed to comment on the cases pertaining to the cases pertaining to an individual\u2019s citizenship or visa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, she stated that all the information about the specific steps taken to renounce one\u2019s citizenship can be found at travel.state.gov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to Amuwatte\u2019s question on the time period that is taken for an individual\u2019s name to appear on the federal list once the citizenship is renounced, VanHorn said the renunciation process of one\u2019s citizenship is handled by the Embassy of the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including the name of such individual in the federal list is a separate process, she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paperwork regarding renouncing the citizenship is prepared and submitted at the embassy and these documents are sent back to the US Department of State in Washington DC for final processing, she said. Subsequently, the relevant individual receives the renunciation certificate, VanHorn continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once this paperwork on citizenship renunciation is finalized, the names of these individuals are sent to the US Internal Revenue Service, which is a tax agency that operates as an entirely separate bureaucracy, VanHorn said further.<ins><br>\n\n<\/ins><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Ada Derana The Embassy of the United States in Colombo said an individual is no longer considered a citizen of the US once he receives the certificate affirming the renunciation the citizenship while adding the such individual\u2019s name to the federal list is a separate process. 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